Effects of trampling limitation on coastal dune plant communities

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 534-542

  Santoro, Riccardo ^a   Jucker, Tommaso ^a   Prisco, Irene ^a   Carboni, Marta ^a   Battisti, Corrado ^b   Acosta, Alicia T R ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Provincia di Roma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal dune vegetation; Diversitydominance diagrams; Management; Passive recovery; Protected areas; Rarefaction curves

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ITALY; COASTAL DUNE; CONSERVATION MEASURES; COST-EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; DIVERSITYDOMINANCE DIAGRAMS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; KEY FACTORS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY; POSITIVE CHANGES; PROTECTED AREAS; RAREFACTION CURVE; REGRESSION LINES; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; STEEP SLOPE; STUDY SITES;

FENCES; FORESTRY; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; MANAGEMENT; RECOVERY;

VEGETATION;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; COASTAL DUNE PLANT COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); ITALY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION RECOVERY; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOURISM; TRAMPLING LIMITATION; VEGETATION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATION; WALKING;

ITALY;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; ITALY; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; WALKING;

EID: 84863587874     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9809-6     Document Type: Article

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